Strategies for improving transportation project delivery performance.

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• Creators:
  Gransberg, Douglas D. ; Kovel, Jacob ; Pines, David ; Stahl, Jane ; Zhou, Bin
• Corporate Creators:
  Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Connecticut. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Alternative Technical Build Concepts Construction Construction Manager At Risk Construction Projects Design-build Designbid- Design Bid Build Early Contractor Environmental Reviews And Involvement Manager-at-risk Manager/General Contractor Performance Measures Permitting Project Delivery Road Construction

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  CT-2298-F-16-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Connecticut
• Corporate Publisher:
  Connecticut. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  project delivery performance for the various contracting methods that are
  
  applicable for CTDOT’s use. The report is structured in two parts. Part A covers overall
  
  project deliverability and Part B is focused on environmental review processes and
  
  permitting. An overview of the study’s recommendations is as follows: CTDOT leadership
  
  should articulate the department’s vision and objectives for project delivery performance
  
  and continue to foster and improve internal relations to instill a shared production
  
  culture and team orientation among designers, engineers, environmental regulators, and
  
  associated construction entities; to achieve the goals as set forth in the state’s
  
  transportation capital program plans, it is expected that CTDOT and the Connecticut
  
  Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will require additional staffing and
  
  flexibility to engage consultants to fill staffing gaps, especially to meet short-term
  
  needs; establish key project delivery performance measures to monitor processes using
  
  data-driven analysis to identify areas for improvement, and justify needed funding and
  
  staffing levels; a useful strategy for improving constructability and ensuring the
  
  success of all projects, regardless of the project delivery method used, is early and
  
  continuous contractor and regulator involvement to enable design and constructability to
  
  be considered concurrently; to enhance environmental benefits and minimize environmental
  
  impacts of a project, a holistic design approach should be used that includes early and
  
  collaborative discussions between designers, construction managers, and environmental
  
  regulators. The practice of sequential design reviews for environmental considerations
  
  should be replaced with over-the-shoulder reviews where environmental considerations are
  
  integrated into overall project design; use the project delivery method and contractor
  
  selection method that best fits a project’s challenges and objectives to achieve
  
  potential benefits; a consultant should be engaged to guide the development and
  
  implementation of alternative contracting methods (ACMs) processes, and for training
  
  CTDOT staff in all aspects of scoping, procurement and contracting, and managing the
  
  relationships between CTDOT and design and construction project teams in the use of ACMs.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  CT Study No. SPR-2298
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:386c5dd8bf41f5ee5296acaa310ede9f6d322e48beb3251cf367cf517231e8b1
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31599/dot_31599_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.83 MB ]